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Monsanto To Pay Epa Fine

March 25, 1998|By George Gunset.

Monsanto Co. has agreed to pay $225,000 for mislabeling some Roundup herbicide products. The Environmental Protection Agency said it was the largest settlement ever paid for violation of the Worker Protection Standards of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Monsanto distributed mislabeled Roundup containers on at least 75 occasions, the EPA said. Monsanto notified the EPA that it had distributed the herbicide with labels that incorrectly stated a restricted entry interval of four hours, instead of 12 hours. Exposure to this particular form of Roundup herbicide can cause eye irritation and is harmful if swallowed or inhaled.